(NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, another, slightly larger asteroid is set to come into view — this one, however, is just passing by. Early Tuesday morning, NASA’s ...

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The massive space rock is about 890 feet in size — more than double the size of the Empire State Building in New York City Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has ...

The asteroid was estimated to be around 42 feet in diameter and traveling at a speed of more than 40,000 miles per hour. NY Post illustration That asteroid in the sky appeared closer than it seemed.

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...

The newly discovered asteroid 2024 DW will approach within 140,000 miles of Earth, closer than the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 4, when it makes its closest ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: There’s no chance of it hitting us since it will pass seven times the ...